| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE32787 |
Sealing ring for an electrical connector |
November 22, 1988 |
| This invention provides an improved moisture seal for an electrical connector assembly. The invention is characterized by an annular rubber member (10) having generally flat surfaces (11, 12, 13, 14) and an annular groove (15) in one of the surfaces (11) that abuts against a forward |
| 7618276 |
Connector assembly with gripping sleeve |
November 17, 2009 |
| A connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a sleeve. The electrical connector has opposite first and second ends. The first end is rotatable with respect to the second end and configured to couple to a mating connector. The second end is configured to terminate a cable. Th |
| 7607951 |
Differential pair inversion for reduction of crosstalk in a backplane system |
October 27, 2009 |
| A connection system has two connectors connected to each other by a plurality of differential signal pairs. The differential signal pairs alternate between a "straight connection" and a "reverse connection" between the connectors. The "straight connection" is formed by having a first |
| 7581990 |
High speed, high density electrical connector with selective positioning of lossy regions |
September 1, 2009 |
| An electrical interconnection system with high speed, high density electrical connectors. The connectors incorporate electrically lossy material, selectively positioned to reduce crosstalk without undesirably attenuating signals. The lossy material may be molded through ground conduc |
| 7578707 |
Modular board to board connector |
August 25, 2009 |
| A connector assembly has a receptacle module and a pin module that interconnect. Stiffener engagement projections and recesses are provided along the sides of the receptacle and pin modules in an alternating fashion. The recesses are sized and shaped to receive the stiffener engageme |
| 7561763 |
Connector system for optical wave guides |
July 14, 2009 |
| An optical connector system joining waveguides in two printed circuit boards. A flexible optical conductor is connected at one end to one of the boards. The flexible conductor includes at its free end an alignment structure that provides a separable, low loss interface to an alignment |
| 7553177 |
High density bayonet mating connector |
June 30, 2009 |
| An electrical connector may include a body and a sleeve rotatably attached to body. The sleeve may include at least one slot adapted to engage at least one other connector, and at least one indicator groove adapted to align with the at least one other connector. |
| 7544096 |
Differential electrical connector assembly |
June 9, 2009 |
| A differential connector has a plurality of rows. Each row includes a plurality of signal conductors provided as differential pairs. Each signal conductor has a first contact end connectable to a printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion having a first |
| 7544094 |
Connector assembly with gripping sleeve |
June 9, 2009 |
| A connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a sleeve. The electrical connector has opposite first and second ends. The first end is rotatable with respect to the second end and configured to couple to a mating connector. The second end is configured to terminate a cable. Th |
| 7544085 |
Strain relief backshell assembly |
June 9, 2009 |
| A backshell assembly that includes a housing configured to terminate a cable that has a main body defining a central longitudinal axis and a connector interface for mating with an electrical connector. At least one adjustment extension extends from the main body opposite the connector |
| 7540781 |
Electrical connector incorporating passive circuit elements |
June 2, 2009 |
| An electrical connector that electrically connects a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board is disclosed, where the electrical connector in the preferred embodiment includes: (a) an insulative housing; (b) a plurality of signal conductors, with at least a port |
| 7522108 |
Antenna ground structure |
April 21, 2009 |
| An antenna ground structure, for use in an electronic apparatus includes an antenna main body and electrically conductive plastic material connecting the antenna main body is a metal frame of the electronic apparatus to provide an electrical connection between the antenna main body a |
| 7518555 |
Multi-band antenna structure |
April 14, 2009 |
| A multi-band antenna structure includes a ground plane, a first radiation metal arm, a first shorted parasitic arm and a second shorted parasitic arm. The first radiation metal arm is connected to a main transmitting antenna and has a first feed point for connecting a first feed line. Th |
| 7508681 |
Printed circuit board for high speed, high density electrical connector with improved cross-talk |
March 24, 2009 |
| In the preferred embodiment, there is disclosed a printed circuit board having a surface providing a mating interface to which is electrically connected an electrical connector having signal conductors and ground conductors. The printed circuit board includes a plurality of stacked d |
| 7494383 |
Adapter for interconnecting electrical assemblies |
February 24, 2009 |
| An electrical connector suitable for use in an adapter. The connector includes conductive elements that can be routed in three dimensions to facilitate interconnections between connectors used to form an adapter. Simplified construction is achieved through use of connector wafers, each |
| 7494379 |
Connector with reference conductor contact |
February 24, 2009 |
| An electrical connector with a reference contact for improved shielding. The contact provides multiple points of contact between members in the ground structure of two mating connectors. The points of contact are arranged to provide desirable current flow in the signal paths and ground |
| 7484971 |
Electronic component with high density, low cost attachment |
February 3, 2009 |
| A contact tail for an electronic component compatible with surface mount manufacturing techniques. The contact tail is stamped, providing a relatively low manufacturing cost and high precision. High precision in the contact tails in turn provides more reliable solder joints across an |
| 7484552 |
Modular rackmount chiller |
February 3, 2009 |
| A chiller assembly shaped for use in a standard electronics rack. The chiller has a low profile, and is capable of being made to occupy less than 5 rack units. The chiller is modular, with subassemblies positioned to allow easy removal for maintenance. The fan and power supply are made |
| 7438582 |
Flexible circuit connector assembly |
October 21, 2008 |
| An electrical connector assembly for connecting a flexible circuit to a circuit board includes a flexible circuit attached to a clamp member and a plurality of alignment posts extending from the circuit board. The clamp member has notches that receive the posts to place the contact f |
| 7425134 |
Compression mat for an electrical connector |
September 16, 2008 |
| An electrical connector assembly includes a flexible circuit attached to a clamp member and a compression mat between the clamp member and the flexible circuit. The compression mat has a number of spaced-apart pillars that overlay contacts of the flexible circuit. The pillars are int |
| 7422484 |
Midplane especially applicable to an orthogonal architecture electronic system |
September 9, 2008 |
| A midplane has a first side to which contact ends of a first differential connector are connected and a second side opposite the first side to which contact ends of a second differential connector are connected. The midplane includes a plurality of vias extending from the first side to |
| 7419400 |
Flexible circuit connector assembly |
September 2, 2008 |
| An electrical connector assembly for connecting a flexible circuit to a circuit board includes a flexible circuit attached to a clamp member and a plurality of alignment posts extending from the circuit board. The clamp member has notches that receive the posts to place the contact f |
| 7407408 |
Flexible circuit connector assembly with strain relief |
August 5, 2008 |
| An electrical connector assembly has a flexible circuit with a central portion that carries a contact field. Slots extending towards the central portion define a pair of strain arms that attach the flexible circuit to a clamp member. Forces transmitted to the strain arms are not comm |
| 7371117 |
High speed, high density electrical connector |
May 13, 2008 |
| An electrical connector with electrically lossy materials bridging ground members. The lossy conductive members may be formed by filling a settable binder with conductive particles, allowing the partially conductive members to be formed through an insert molding process. Connectors a |
| 7359214 |
Backplane with routing to reduce layer count |
April 15, 2008 |
| An electronic system having a backplane designed for efficient routing of signal traces. The system includes two or more daughter cards that are connected to multiple other daughter cards in the system. These daughter cards are mounted centrally to the backplane in the system. Connection |
| 7355852 |
Modular liquid cooling of electronic assemblies |
April 8, 2008 |
| An electronic system includes an array of electronic assemblies at a first location within a system. An array of liquid cooling assemblies is placed at a second location within the system. Hoses or other liquid transport pathways connect the cooling assemblies to the electronic assemblie |
| 7335063 |
High speed, high density electrical connector |
February 26, 2008 |
| An electrical connector includes a wafer formed with a ground shield made from a non-conductive material made conductive with conductive particles disposed therein, thereby eliminating the necessity of the metal ground shield plate found in prior art connectors while maintaining sufficie |
| 7331827 |
Electrical connector with an anti-splay ferrule |
February 19, 2008 |
| An electrical connector includes a female housing configured to include a first mating interface adapted to receive a second mating interface; a male housing configured to include the second mating interface; and at least one first anti-splay ferrule positioned at least one of the female |
| 7331717 |
Flexible optical interconnection system |
February 19, 2008 |
| An optical connector system assembled from modular components. These components include connector modules that position ferrules for mating and providing fine alignment to fibers. The modules are assembled to support members to form connectors of various sizes. Mounting modules are a |
| 7290941 |
Modular fiber optic connector system |
November 6, 2007 |
| An optical fiber interconnection system with a small number of modular components that can be configured for simple construction in many configurations. The system includes connector housings. Optical fibers are installed into the housings on ferrule carriers. The housings are brough |
| 7285018 |
Electrical connector incorporating passive circuit elements |
October 23, 2007 |
| An electrical connector that electrically connects a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board is disclosed, where the electrical connector in the preferred embodiment includes: (a) an insulative housing; (b) a plurality of signal conductors, with at least a port |
| 7280356 |
Air cooling architecture for orthogonal board architectures |
October 9, 2007 |
| An electronic system is disclosed that uses air for cooling first and second orthogonally oriented arrays of parallel circuit boards. Air is drawn into the front of the system, passes alongside the circuit boards in the first array, takes a 90-degree turn, continues over the circuit |
| 7278886 |
Differential electrical connector assembly |
October 9, 2007 |
| A differential connector has a plurality of rows. Each row includes a plurality of signal conductors provided as differential pairs. Each signal conductor has a first contact end connectable to a printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion having a first |
| 7270575 |
Circuit board and socket assembly |
September 18, 2007 |
| An interconnect device and electrical signal filtering connector is disclosed that does not require soldering. The interconnect device is an electrical contact that has a proximate or forward end with a cavity for receiving an electrical conductor of a first plug, and a distal or rear |
| 7258556 |
Spring loaded cover for electrical connector |
August 21, 2007 |
| An electrical connector that includes a connector element having a housing with an open end and a cover pivotally coupled to the housing and movable between a first position in which the cover closes the open end of the housing and a second position in which the cover is spaced from the |
| 7257000 |
Thermally enhanced pressure regulation of electronics cooling system |
August 14, 2007 |
| A two-phase cooling system operated at atmospheric pressure. A reservoir containing cooling fluid has a stack that is vented to the atmosphere. The stack is shaped to allow condensation of substantially all of the cooling fluid in vapor form entering the stack. Condensation may be en |
| 7242592 |
Printed circuit board for high speed, high density electrical connector with improved cross-talk |
July 10, 2007 |
| In the preferred embodiment, there is disclosed a printed circuit board having a surface providing a mating interface to which is electrically connected an electrical connector having signal conductors and ground conductors. The printed circuit board includes a plurality of stacked d |
| 7240425 |
Method of making an electrical connection to a conductor on an inner layer of a multi-layer prin |
July 10, 2007 |
| What is provided is a multi-layer PCB having a plurality of stacked dielectric layers, a conductor disposed on at least one of the plurality of dielectric layers, and a non-conductive via extending through at least a portion of the plurality of dielectric layers to intersect the cond |
| 7213974 |
Optical waveguide assembly |
May 8, 2007 |
| An optical connector system joining waveguides in two printed circuit boards. A flexible optical conductor is connected at one end to one of the boards. The flexible conductor includes at its free end an alignment structure that provides a separable, low loss interface to an alignment |
| 7204016 |
Ferrule assembly and methods therefor |
April 17, 2007 |
| A ferrule assembly for terminating at least one fiber of a ribbon cable in a ferrule, where the ferrule assembly is disposable in a housing of an optical connector, is provided. The ferrule assembly includes the ferrule having a mating face, at least one groove for receiving the fiber an |
| 7182608 |
Chessboard electrical connector |
February 27, 2007 |
| An electrical connector for a printed circuit board that has a main body including a printed circuit board engaging surface, a first socket disposed on the main body, the first socket including a first section extending from the main body opposite the printed circuit board engaging s |
| 7163421 |
High speed high density electrical connector |
January 16, 2007 |
| An electrical connector includes a wafer formed with a ground shield made from a non-conductive material made conductive with conductive particles disposed therein, thereby eliminating the necessity of the metal ground shield plate found in prior art connectors while maintaining sufficie |
| 7140923 |
Multiple port electrical connector |
November 28, 2006 |
| An electrical connector that has a housing including a connecting interface adapted to connect with a mating electrical connector. A plurality of first contacts are coupled to the connecting interface. Each of the first contacts include opposite first and second end sections, and a p |
| 7128595 |
Electrical connector with positive lock |
October 31, 2006 |
| An electrical connector including a shell having a inner area supporting a contact member adapted to mate with a contact of another connector. The shell includes a wall having at least one locking opening and a flexible extension. A locking member includes first and second ends, the firs |
| 7108556 |
Midplane especially applicable to an orthogonal architecture electronic system |
September 19, 2006 |
| A midplane has a first side to which contact ends of a first differential connector are connected and a second side opposite the first side to which contact ends of a second differential connector are connected. The midplane includes a plurality of vias extending from the first side to |
| 7101192 |
Secondary locking device for a multi-pin connector |
September 5, 2006 |
| A secondary lock that can be used for multi-pin electrical connectors is disclosed. The secondary lock comprises a modular, non-conducting, one piece plastic insert that can be suitably adapted to interconnect with a primary lock of the multi-pin electrical connecter. The insert includes |
| 7094102 |
Differential electrical connector assembly |
August 22, 2006 |
| A differential connector has a plurality of rows. Each row includes a plurality of signal conductors provided as differential pairs. Each signal conductor has a first contact end connectable to a printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion having a first |
| 7074086 |
High speed, high density electrical connector |
July 11, 2006 |
| In one embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed an electrical connector connectable to a printed circuit board, the electrical connector having an insulative housing including side walls and a base. The electrical connector also includes signal conductors and ground conductors |
| 7073953 |
Modular fiber optic connection system |
July 11, 2006 |
| In one embodiment of a fiber optic connection system of the present invention, there is provided a first fiber optic connector attachable to a first printed circuit board and a second fiber optic connector attachable to a second printed circuit board and mateable to the first fiber o |
| 7033227 |
Modular jack receptacle |
April 25, 2006 |
| The present invention is related to an adapter or connector receptacle intended to mate with a plug. The receptacle includes a housing forming a passage for accepting a plug body therein during an insertion of the plug into the passage. An interference projection is mounted in and extend |
